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The front door of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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The Rev. Dr. Herman R. Yoos III, Bishop of the South Carolina Synod, facing, hugs church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols following a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols stops to gather his emotions during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Andrew More, a youth minister at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Columbia, leads from left, Presli Richardson, 8, Izaiah Woods, 12, and Christopher Holmes, 13, past the front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria following a Sunday morning church service in front of the church. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning. More brought the children from Columbia to support their similarly named church.
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Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church members take photos following a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Pomaria resident Allan Lakosky looks at the damage to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria following a Sunday morning church service in front of the church. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning. At left is The Rev. Dr. Herman R. Yoos III, Bishop of the South Carolina Synod
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The Rev. Dr. Herman R. Yoos III, Bishop of the South Carolina Synod, speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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The Rev. D. Brent Nichols, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran church in Pomaria, breaks bread for communion during a Sunday morning service in front of the church. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning. At left is The Rev. Dr. Herman R. Yoos III, Bishop of the South Carolina Synod.
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Church members sing hymns during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church members bring their own chairs before a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
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Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com

Church pastor Rev. D. Brent Nichols speaks during a Sunday morning church service in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria. The church was heavily damaged in a fire Thursday morning.
jblake@thestate.com